Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 4.19.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒वा त्वामि॑न्द्र वज्रि॒न्नत्र॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वास॑: सु॒हवा॑स॒ ऊमा॑: । म॒हामु॒भे रोद॑सी वृ॒द्धमृ॒ष्वं निरेक॒मिद्वृ॑णते वृत्र॒हत्ये॑ ॥
एवा त्वामिन्द्र वज्रिन्नत्र विश्वे देवासः सुहवास ऊमाः । महामुभे रोदसी वृद्धमृष्वं निरेकमिद्वृणते वृत्रहत्ये ॥
evā tvām indra vajrinn atra viśve devāsaḥ suhavāsa ūmāḥ | mahām ubhe rodasī vṛddham ṛṣvaṃ nir ekam id vṛṇate vṛtrahatye ||
English translation:
“Indra, wielder of the thuderbolt, all the protecting deities who are reverently invoked, and both the heaven and the earth, glorify you who are verily one alone, mighty, vast, and plural asing of aspect, for the destruction of Vṛtra.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒व । त्वाम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । व॒ज्रि॒न् । अत्र॑ । विश्वे॑ । दे॒वासः॑ । सु॒ऽहवा॑सः । ऊमाः॑ । म॒हाम् । उ॒भे इति॑ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । वृ॒द्धम् । ऋ॒ष्वम् । निः । एक॑म् । इत् । गृ॒ण॒ते॒ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहत्ये॑ ॥
एव । त्वाम् । इन्द्र । वज्रिन् । अत्र । विश्वे । देवासः । सुहवासः । ऊमाः । महाम् । उभे इति । रोदसी इति । वृद्धम् । ऋष्वम् । निः । एकम् । इत् । गृणते । वृत्रहत्ये ॥
eva | tvām | indra | vajrin | atra | viśve | devāsaḥ | su-havāsaḥ | ūmāḥ | mahām | ubhe iti | rodasī iti | vṛddham | ṛṣvam | niḥ | ekam | it | gṛṇate | vṛtra-hatye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.19.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“invocation.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“assistant.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], nominative, dual, neuter
“both(a).”
[noun], nominative, dual, neuter
“heaven and earth; Earth.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“distinguished; high; noble; enormous.”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“choose; ask.”
[noun], masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“killing.”